03-31-2014, 06:10 AM
Meh, poetry will be around long after me, with or without my help. I'm interested in preventing its decline though, yes. I'm interested in keeping poetry just the way it is (we already have plenty of diversity, I don't feel that any one group is under represented). And preserving enriched language. And the studious examination of all things technical. I'm interested in the five percent.
And I meant by workshop and discussion that we are more slated toward less visceral matters. Technical matters, and less subjective matters of more veracity. Not so much the exchange of ideas, although we have no rules against it. We don't try to push our ideas and preferences on others, we help each other grow and understand the language and it's uses as they pertain to poetry. I don't think that if everyone wrote poetry the way I would like them to it would some how make the whole world like poetry more, or read more poetry--you don't seem to suffer from such clarity in your perceptions of what you believe the reality to be.
I don't post here to find out what kind of poetry people like, or what subject matter I should be addressing. Nor do I post here to share, or to get more people to read my poems.
And I meant by workshop and discussion that we are more slated toward less visceral matters. Technical matters, and less subjective matters of more veracity. Not so much the exchange of ideas, although we have no rules against it. We don't try to push our ideas and preferences on others, we help each other grow and understand the language and it's uses as they pertain to poetry. I don't think that if everyone wrote poetry the way I would like them to it would some how make the whole world like poetry more, or read more poetry--you don't seem to suffer from such clarity in your perceptions of what you believe the reality to be.
I don't post here to find out what kind of poetry people like, or what subject matter I should be addressing. Nor do I post here to share, or to get more people to read my poems.